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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11633
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14927
13 Actual Demand 11312
14 Aggregate Planning 12360
15 Air Cargo 10264
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6764
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35036
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15428
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19465
20 Assembly Line 22834
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23150
22 Average Speed of Answer 26683
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23382
24 Batch Production 38756
25 Bill Discounting 14719
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11401
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7269
28 Blanket Release 10153
29 Bonded Warehouse 10184
30 Booking Number 14034
31 Bottleneck 9692
32 Buffer Stock 59652
33 Build to Stock 13142
34 Bullwhip Effect 9849
35 Business Logistics 26026
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12703
37 Capacity Management 41095
38 Capacity Utilization 14286
39 Capital Intensive 8577
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8934
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12284
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9050
44 Co-Destiny 9433
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11910
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7009
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20019
50 Container Depot 10722
51 Container Freight Station 10376
52 Continuous Replenishment 19714
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7394
55 Contract of Affreightment 11546
56 Control Charts 8061
57 Cost Flow 10407
58 Courier Service 15407
59 CPFR 8336
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11939
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44527
62 Date Code 18521
63 Days of Supply 20010
64 Dead on Arrival 9490
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7423
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8247
67 Detective Control 9040
68 Devanning 14345
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11107
70 Dispatching 24797
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35129
73 Distribution Metrics 9320
74 Distribution Planning 24376
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15411
76 Double Marginalization 53012
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22564
78 Dual 5527
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20758
80 Echelon Inventory 26429
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38443
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50156
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7731
84 Efficient Frontier 25724
85 Engineer-to-Order 31967
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16795
87 Erlang B Formula 9468
88 ETD 8443
89 Ex Works 7928
90 Exception Rate 13666
91 Exponential smoothing 9936
92 External Growth 10226
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9654
94 Field Services 7827
95 Field Warehouse 10967
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8968
97 Fishbone Diagram 14760
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27321
99 Flow Through Distribution 12469
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8324
101 FOB Destination 13212
102 Forward buying 30404
103 Freight Charge 10519
104 Freight Consolidation 7627
105 Gantt Chart 8378
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11904
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29764
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12831
109 Hub 23625
110 Idle Time 8178
 
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